Self-help groups have produced numerous benefits and improved the quality of life for many people. ...

Self-help groups have produced numerous benefits and improved the quality of life for many people. However, they have also been criticized for
 
  a. lack of professional presence and dropout rates.
  b. being unrealistically supportive and overindulgent.
  c. losing track of members and overfocusing on complex problems.
  d. lack of accurate success statistics and being inconsistent.

Question 2

When Sally believes her physical feelings reflect how things truly are, she is engaging in
 
  a. catastrophizing.
  b. emotionalizing.
  c. cognitive distortions.
  d. emotional reasoning.

Question 3

Anxious/fearful personality disorders are often comorbid with
 
  a. all other DSM disorders.
  b. anxiety, mood, and schizophrenia.
  c. mood, anxiety, and somatoform disorders.
  d. a host of physical anomalies.

Question 4

Treatment that focuses on enhancing quality of life for people and concentrating on their relationships with different social structures is included under the rubric of
 
  a. personal psychology.
  b. community psychology.
  c. social psychology.
  d. psychology.

Question 5

Thought patterns that are negative and ongoing that contribute to anxiety disorders are called
 
  a. inward thinking.
  b. pervasive hopelessness.
  c. incumbent depression.
  d. cognitive distortions.